§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will use the labour force survey as the basis for unemployment statistics. [16662]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightEstimates from the labour force survey on the internationally standard International Labour Organisation definition have been published by the Government on a quarterly basis since 1992—since April 1996 by the Office for National Statistics—and are 137W widely used for economic assessment along with the published monthly count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits.